The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-24 00:00:00

PARISH OF LAMBETH-CHURCH RATES. Agreeably to notice given by advertisement, a meeting was holden yesterday, at the " Boys' School Lambeth Green," which was numerously attended. Mr. Wagstaff (we believe) who, by the plurality of votes system, has six votes, was called to the chair ; but in consequence of the seeming expression of feeling against the nomination he disappeared, in conse quence of which, Mr. Bernard was -called to the chair, and accepted the office. The CHAIRMAN requested order to be maintained, and that a calm attention should be given to each speaker. The clerk having read the preliminary notice, Mr. RooEns, the Churchwarden, proposed an annual Church-rate of 2d., in the pound, and sincerely wished that the law bad made a diiferent arrangement, by which every in dividual in the parish could meet without that collision of sen timent and feeling which, unfortunately on that subject, was too prevalent. Ile sincerely trusted that no riot would arise, and all personal attacks would be avoided. He then entered into an estimate of the expenses incidental to the period inter vening between Dec. 26, 1836, and Dec. 26, 1837, amounting to a sum of 2,2681. Bs. 4d. Mr. ROSSITER seconded the motion. _ _ _ Mr. FALL—I move as an amendment that the consideration of this Church-rate be postponed until the 18th December, 1837. So chary and cautious are the Churchwardens, that they will not specify the items of their accounts. To the claim made for a strong box for the Vestry Clele's books he totally objects, as 1 also object to the repair of the tower, which I denominate a mean job. I called last night for the production of the architect's bill, and I find that a sum nearly amounting to 3,000/. has been expended on a matter uncon nected with the Church, and to which the assessment of a Church-rate does not apply. The tower is in reality a light house, and from having been an useful and ornamental work, it is now, by the bad taste of the jobbers in the transaction, converted into a deformed eye-sore. The bill of the parti culars I have already required, and my request has been answered by a refusal of the Churchwardens to produce this bill, on the futile, if not false ground, that he has it not in his possession. Yet this meeting are to vote a sum of money for a purpose which is not explained. Besides, the Rector, on a former occasion, stated that the expense should not ex ceed 7001., and we are now called on to pay a sum nearly .amounting to 3,0001. What can be the object of conceal ment ? What again can be the reason of taking an account from December, 1826, when the Midsummer Vestry regu lated the matters which occurred up to that time. The people have no right to pay this rate, as it is a retrospective, and not a prospective levy ; nor are we called upon, under any circumstances, to discharge a debt incurred by the im prudence of the Warden. This tower is a mere laughing stock to those who voyage along the river. I will refer to the letter of Dr. Doyly, the Rector, which he addressed to Lord Grey, in which he complained of the hardship imposed upon the clergy, for the repairs of the chancel. This expense is now thrown upon the public, and forms an item (100/.) in the churchwarden's bill ; yet this Dr. Doyly retains the reve nues arising from the sale of the valuable pews.—(Here Mr. Fall requested an adjournment until the bill which Mr. Rogers asserted did not contain these items should be produced, which being declined)—Mr. Fall continued, " I have to complain of the time selected for holding this vestry, at a time when the parishioners that are to pay the rate are most busy, and which is taking them at an unfair advantage, and in reality taxing them in their absence. A portion of this rate had already formed an item in the Midsummer account, and the regular voucher for the amount was signed by the auditors at a time when the bill had not been furnished. Again, referring to the Rector's letter, I beg leave to state that he is a pluralist with an annual income amcnoting to 2,800/., and in his pamphlet he states that the average income of each clergy men is 250/. Whence it inevitably follows that he is in re ality equal to ten clergymen, as his income is tenfold the amount of theirs. Mr. GRADY, in an able and argumentative speech, com plained of the gross claim of church-rate upon a parish occu pied principally by Dissenters, and that, too, by a church pro fessing to be based in its spiritual and temporal power over pri vate opinion. The old clergy made no such tax as a church rate, yet they supported the poor, and built edifices, which are to this day monuments of architectural grandeur. Mr. M. O'CONNELL said that the situation of the Dissen. ters and of the officers who were to collect this rate was ex tremely disagreeable ; the one to pay, the other to enforce. It was the duty, then, of each party to come speedily to a collision, and have the matter at once set at rest. Mr. NORTHHOUSE, the Parliamentary agent, disclaimed the tome and temper of the three previous speakers. He was, howeYers prepared to arrive at the same conclusion, and to suprrt the amendment. He did not believe that the Church of nglai:d deserved the odium that had been cast upon it. Considering the . infirmities of human nature, it was as ablishment as could be expected, and perhaps tolerant an ees: would be more tolerant if equally favoured no existing sect . hear.) H . e respected it and venerated by the state.— once dissented from it, and one of it, though he conseieni." ) ns i sr from the chief grounds of his ent arose forgot ten or forsaken its own origel2,l its having principles.—(Hear, hear.) . Like the other reformed, churcele9 of Europe, it was based upon the sacred right of private opina.'n 2n matters of faith : — (Cheers.) It denied the right of the Cai..'olic Hierarchy to im pose its dogma by force upon the human mall It protested s against the existence and the exerci se of stteh power—its died at the stake with that protest:estion in their mo uths—its brightest luminaries—its Cranmers, it; Latimers,. it s Jeremy Taylors, made this great p rinci p le their ng cry-- e the sacred right of private judgment in matters of fain;.— ( Cheers.) The modes of coercion were then threefold— loss of life, loss of liberty, loss of goods. These were en forced in a dark and cruel age—we lived in a more en lightened period. The governing Church does not now invade lif e or liberty, but only goods. The non-believers in the noel' existing State Church are deprived of their goods ; the difference is not one of principle, but of degree—we who protest, as our fathers protested, against the tyranny of in vading private judgment in matters of faith as to suffer in our goods,--our live s and liberties are not sacrificed, but the principle remains, and the Church of England so long as it does enforce these rates is but the successor in principle of that tyranny against which the flames of Smithfield and the " holy army of mar t y rs " rise up in terrific array.— (Loud cheers.) He called upon them to stand fast by the first principles of Protestantism, and refuse a rate which bore upon conscientious Dissenters,—he would gladly conuibute 'his humble mite towards a voluntary subscription to meet oee expenses, as lie recognised and acknowledged the use fulness of the Church—but he would not do so upon com pulsion. It was clear that the law itself was opposed to compulsion, Why were they there? Why did the law allow them to meet and determine whether any and what rate should be made? It was clear that church-rates were altogether voluntary in their character. Before the Re formation tithes were held to be sufficient to repair the churches, in addition to providing for the clergy. Our an eTstors were jealous of airy invasion of personal liberty o personal property—they.aid tithes are not in some pa r rishes sufficient to repair the churches, in addition to the provision for the clergy, meet, and fix what sum you ought to pay. This was th e origin of church-rates. They met in open vestry, and when the income wes so small that it would n ot accomplish their purpose, they agreed to tax themselves, t o wake that income equal to the demand upon it. They did not think of taxing Dissenters, for there were few Dissenters then, but only of providing sufficient means for public wor ship, andfrom this voluntary taxation church-rates arose. The very fact of their being assembled, was the best proof that the law considered church-rates to be merely a volun. tary addition to church revenue, and as the church revenues of that parish were fully equal to its expenditure, lie felt that they were justified in reeisting any rate whatever.—(Cheers.) In these times of change, when violent, foolish, and unphiloso phical attempts were made to effect organic Omegas, the con sequences of which no man could foresee, it became a sacred duty to remove every palpable evil, go that the true Conserva tives, who desired to amend and not to destroy institutions, might triumphantly as k, , ‘Where is your practical grievance ?" The Church-rates were a practical grievance, and hence he called upon every honest Conservative to oppose thorn.— (Cheers and laughter.) lie was opposed alike to those who rushed to extremes on the Radical side, and those who desired to conceal their corrupt obje cts by hypoctically professing reform, and modestly assuming the name of Conservatives. He opposed both, yet reverencing the Church , of England as he did, he would say to the mem bers of that C h urch—give up this Church-rate question ; you will d o more g ood by so doing to y ou r own establishment than by any enforcement the law will allow you; the stream that you now oppose of public opi nion will be gentle, and will irrigate the land if you allow it to pass on—resist it, and it becomes a torrent , sweeping away institution after institution, and spreading desolation aid de struction in the place of improvement and ameForation. Let them adopt the language of the New Testament, and " do unto others as they would that others should do unto them." Let them recollect that our blessed Saviour especially com manded Iris ministers to "go into every house, to take neither purse nor scrip, but to say peace ;" and not to go into every house, and take both purse and scrip, and say "rates.") The Rev. Dr. Seeees, of Holland Chapel, thought that every church should stand on the voluntary principle. He thought the officers of the church would have come to-day to offer an act of grace on the part of the dignitary who sat on the anti-episcopal throne, and to inform the parishioners that they ranted no rate for their church, but a voluntary rate, But in this lie bad been disappointed. The Reverend %Gentleman th e n entered into a detail of some annoyance which several of the Dissenters of the parish of Lambeth had recently experienced from the clergy of the parish. He con. sidered that the national church had no claim upon any except her own members. Mr. RAINBOW then addressed the meeting, and contended that the voluntary principle was not applicable to the case either of large towns, or of a country where the population was thinly scattered. It war totally insufficient to provide for the spiritual wants of the nation at large. Mr. QUIN said the question was now not so much whether they were to have a church-rate or no t, or whether the Church of England, as an establishment, was to he destroyed.—( Hear.) The parishioners had on former occasions granted tree rate by a large majority, and he hoped they would do so again.—(Cries of '4 No, no.") Several ot:ier gentlemen then addressed the meeting. Mr. Rooeus, the churchwarden, entered into a detailed ex planetion of the various items of the expenditure objected to by Mr. Fall. The motion, with ti:e r t mendment, was then put, wheit the latter was carried by a - great majority, amid loud cheer:T': Mr. Recces then & w ended a poll, which was commences immediately, as we understood , on the principle of Sturges Bourne's Act, and as these who bad voted, cemeidering that they had already carried the amendment, went away in crowds, the Tories who were left behiud bad the room to themselves, and, of course, carried the vote in their own way. The pum hers were— For the rate Against it Majority - 85 We understand there was still a considerable numerical ma jority against the rate. 315 230 IRELAND. dearer than in other quarters. Mr. Eevans informS us that little more than one shilling a week supplies the paupers at present in the English workhouse. Suppose we take a mean between these two sums, it is not an amount wlich would raise a provision for twenty weeks for 1,600,000 persons, or a fifth cf the whole population, above 1,200,0001. My expectation is ihat Poor Laws will diminish pauperism rapidly, and that we trill soon be reckoning the paupers as a ninth or tenth in stead of a filth.—( Hear, and cheers. ) Three or four years ago a gentleman in the House of Commons (Dar. Slaney, think) stated it as his opinion that the population of Ireland was not increasing. I believe it is running fast towards a stand still—so that if something be not done we may soon hide our citninished heads in estimating the comparative pretensions of the two islands, as far at least as regards population, much as we have heard of our " millions" in this room.—( Hear. ) In 1821 our population was returned under the census as amounting to 6,800,000. In 1831 it was returned at 7,767.000. A very accurate return was made in 1834, under the commission of instruction, according to which it was 7,943,000. It thus appears that between 1821 and 1831 the increase was 96,000 each year; but that between 1831 and 1834 it was only 44,000 a year. —( Hear, hear.) This is an awful fact. God sent his creatures in the usual abundance into the land, but they were murdered to the extent of 132,000 in three years by the want of poor-laws.—(Hear.) I arraign the report of the Irish Commi4sion on another ground. It does not give a fair view of the resources of Ireland to meet the burden of a poor-law. If we were to judge by the passages quoted. we have only a rental of 6,000,0001. to meet a charge of 5,000,0001. As to the rental, we would have no thing more set down than merely the gross amount—namely, 10,000,000/. To exhibit the net amount (or the amount, de ducting the charges of creditors) could only lead to delusion, as it is plain that the mortgagees should, in all reason and equity, be held liable to any new burden imposed upon the land, and this the Commissioners in another part of their report admit. Mr. Staunton, after a very lengthened statement, in which he referred to. several authorities and parliamentary do cuments, in vindication of the right of the poor to relief, con cluded amid great applause. After a short argument, it was resolved that- the meeting should be adjourned to two o'clack this day, to go on with the discussion on the Poor-law question. Counsellor DICKSON was then called to the chair, and the usual vote of thanks having been given, the meeting separated. DUPI.IN, THURSDAY EVENING POOR LAWS—ADJOURNED DEBATE AT THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION. (Abridged from the Morning Advertiser.) The Association met this evening at half-past three o'clock, in order to resume the adjourned debate on Poor Laws , Le land Crosthwaite, Esq., in the Chair. Mr. Benne - re addressed the meeting at great length. He stated that ha was an advocate for Poor Laws to a certain ex tent, but denied that the poor had a right to be relieved ; this was a principle which he could not assent to. Lord MILTOWN supported the right of the poor to a legal provision.—( Hear.) Mr. SIIEIL then addressed the meeting in a powerful and eloquent speech, in which he deprecated the discussion of poor laws now, when it tended to obstruct the progress of other more vital questions. At the adjourned debate yesterday, after a number of let ters were read, subscriptions paid, and members admitted, Mr. O'CONNELL then said—l told you on the last day that there was an illegal society existing in Kildare, on which I would found a motion, and I postponed my motion in order to give time to a gentleman to perform a promise which he had given me. I think that this Society is doing a great deal of mischief; and there are some other very painful circumstances connected with the county of Kildare, which I would wish to speak to you about.—(hear, hear, hear.) I received a letter which induces me again to postpone it still more. I will also propose that this meeting—or I hope sonic one else will do it for me, as I am going down to the country—on its rising to-morrow, will adjourn till to-morrow fortnight. It was always the custom in the Catholic Associa tion to adjourn for a week after Christmas. I have now a few other matters to refer to. There is a gentlemen whose accu racy I must admit, and that is my friend Rebellion Smith. I said he left the Court of Exchequer in a pet—that was true; I said he went to Chancery to try what hand he could make of Lord Plunket—that was true ; but I was wrong in stating that his bill in a particular case was declared prolix and impertinent. But Mr. Rebellion Smith shows his valour. He says that he would shoot me, only I am under a vow. I have remarked ever since I came to that resolution—and oh 1 would that I had come to it sooner : it would have made my death-bed less dreadful to me—l have remarked that every poltroon is ready to shoot me. Here is this Rebellion Smith, who is the biggest poltroon in the world—( Hear, hear) —but I don't care for him, nor do I care whether he was concerned in the case or not : all I care for is the fact, that they have been as emi nently successful in Chancery as they were in the Exchequer, and in several cases 20 out of 30 skins have been declared prolix" and impertinent, and the parsons have been ordered to pay the costs.—(Loud cries of " Hear.") I have next to complain of the report of my speech on the poor laws that ap peared in some of the Dublin papers. I have often seen bad reports, but I never saw one so wretchedly bad as that. It was not at all correct. The London Morning Advertiser had "expressed" the proceedings of last Wednesday and Thurs day's meetings, and the report of my poor law speech, up to the time the reporter left, was given with miraculous accu racy. There was one slight mistake—it was an admirable re port. I never saw a better. I did not say that Sir Robert Peel's father was in Parliament when he opposed the resolu tions in favour of our trade. I said that he was most active in opposing them—that he headed his party, but not in Parlia ment. There was no stronger or clearer-minded man than old Peel, nor one better acquainted with the English manufactures, and every thing that could benefit or injure them. He did not get into Parliament till just before the Union, and then he used all his influence in favour of that measure. I offer the gentleman who reported for the Morning Advertiser, the tribute of my thanks for the excellent manner in which he re ported me.—( Hear.) I have to say a few words with regard to this debate—there will be no discussion—there has been no opposition. I merely moved that the resolutions be referred to the Committee, and then all I intend to do is, to move the insertion of a resolution, to the effect that we will support the Government in any measure for the relief of the poor which they may introduce, as far as principle will allow us. I do not want to hurry on the debate ; if it cannot be finished to-night, it may be finished to-morrow. On Thursday three' weeks the report of the Committee will be brought up, and I trust that it will be adopted unanimously. I leave town this day, and I think my excuse for going is a good one—l have heard that my son is much better. I go myself—l would not trust it to another—to see if it be necessary for him to go to another country. I will return to you soon, and then we wil go to business with fresh vigour. Parliament will meet one the 31st of January. There arc no petitions yet prepared. We must get up some strong ones. We must have a petition on Corporate Reform, which is a question that will come on immediately. The petition on this subject must be strong— it cannot be too strong.—( Hear.) There must be another prepared on the subject of tithes; and I hope that attention and care will be taken in their preparation. I will now take the liberty of addressing, from this place, the members of the Central Independent Club and of the Trades' Union, and calling upon them to throw aside all jealousy. I perceive by the papers that some speeches have been made, or reported as made, by some gentlemen, attacking the Trades' Union. Now, whoever did this is an enemy to the people, and one that is only trying to raise dissension between the two bodies. The Central Club is a most excellent body, and has done a great deal of good. Their plan of arranging the list by streets will save a great deal of trouble about the registry, and the gratitude of the people is due to them and to the Trades' Union, of which I am proud to be the President. I would say more about this body but that I am connected with it. I hope that the secretary, of the Trades' Union will take care that the four resolutions on the Ballot, Extension of the Suf frage, Corporation Reform, shortening the duration of Parlia ment, in the Trades' Union, be formed into petitions on the subject. Let them be in particular in petitioning for the bal lot; that is the main question. If we get the ballot, we will be sure of being well represented in the next Parliament. Mr. L. Ceosrowarre would read them a resolution that he intended to propose :—" That it be referred to the Sub-Com mittee to consider the provisions of any Bill which may be in troduced in the next Session of Parliament for the relief of the poor of Ireland, and to report timely to this Association whether any and what amendments in addition can be proposed, which would, in their opinion, render the measure more effi cient, and of greater advantage to this country." Mr. LAWLESS vehemently declared his opposition to the re solution brought forward by Mr. Crosthwaite. Mr. O'CoNNELL—Mr. Lawless is quite out of order. Mr. I Crosthwaite has merely given notice of his motion—a very proper and sensible one, in my opinion, and one which I hope he will follow up. There wore loud calls for Mr. Staunton, and Mr. Lawless having given way— Mr. STAUNTON said, in rising to discharge the duty I have assigned to myself in reference to this momentous subject, I will merely say that as to Europe the Commissioners them. selves have given us a summary which triumphantly negatives the proposition of my Learned Friend. " Show me," he sap. " the country in the world in which poor laws have not done mischief?" lie is thus answered by the Commissioners, who, it should be observed, approached the investigation of the subject with well-known prejudices against .poor laws. " We have now given a very brief outline of the institutions of those portions of the Continent which appear from the returns to have adopted the English principle of acknow ledging in every person a right to be supported by the public. It will be observed that in no country, except, perhaps, the Canton of Berne, has compulsory relief pro. duced evils resembling either in intensity or extent those which we have eeperienced, and that in the majority of the nations which have adopted it, the existing system works well."—( Hear, hear.) My Learned Friend laid great stress upon the case of Holland, which the Commis sioners themselves regard as an exception to the general rule, and where the increase of pauperism is attributed, properly, I think, by a writer in the Quarterly Review, to some quackery regarding the voluntary principle. At the same time he ap peared to throw ridicule on what was alleged about Wirtem berg, confessing that he had not looked into the details. Why did be not make himself acquainted with the details as well in th is case as in the other? America, is the quarter of the world where poor laws could, with the greatest safety to the lives of the people, be dispensed with ; yet it is curious that in tide eery state they have existed since 1765, and that there are only two States of the entire Union, Georgia and Louisiana, in which a legal provision for the poor does not exist. Having said so much on these points, I shall now proceed to apply my seif to the general question before us, and I will take it under these leesels :-1. What is the real state of Ireland at present as to pauperism 2, Have the poor a right to relief? 3. Can we dispense with a legal provision for our poor ? Does such a pro , visioe produce the supposed mischiefs on the poor them. selves, Gf on the community at large ? On the first head, — namely, the aeteal condition of the country at present as to pauperism, we have theee allegations in the Report of the Irish Poor-law Commissioners iss-" We cannot estimate the number of /weans in Ireland out of work and in distress dur ing thirty weeks of the year, at less than eets,ooo, nor the number of persons dependent upon them, at less OM 1,130,900, making in the whole 2,385,000. This, therefore, is about doe number for which it would ise necessary to provide accommodation le workhouses, if all who require relief were there to be relieved ; ecel, we considered morally, indeed pity- sically, impossible so to provide far such a multitude, or even to attempt it with safety. The expense of erecting and fitting up the necessary iseiidings would come to about 4,D00,9001., 4 ..4 allowing for the nisesseenance of each person 21d. only a day, thea - being the expense at the mendicity establishment of Dublin, en sl at other similar estals4sil'eptets in Ireland, the cost of supportiex the whole 2,335,000 for Oirty ye t -4:p annually would be something sew than 5,000,00%. 'a year; win #M the gross rental of Ireland ,(eeplies t ee of towns) is estimated at lee; than 10,000,0001. a year ; the ripe ineeree of the landlords at lees genie 6,000,0001. ; and the public re venue is only about 4,000,0040 l rne convinced there is great pAtaggeration in this statement. * I 'do p,4 't,,q;pyr, that nearlY 4 t4w4 9i 9IW whole population are paupers .or tOrty weeks of the year. I do k.gt IT3lipy v it would require five 'pil lions, or anything near the amount, to ei•teeilial;r I do not believe that 21d. a day would be required for the sub's sistPlloo of each individual. An Irish agricultural family con sists gesserpy pf .0,“777.2n!, The average wages are from 6d, to Bd. a di4y : 44PrI Etro Ailittoisff iit4:i4lrqt!' arc for, and the allowaPP r 4 TgVil proms-. PP)? lllStee,, 0 st es. a day, would ore ne about half thin NM. 11 1 01 Cli - P4Y Establishment of Dublin and other towns Is IW alto - filen for the kingdom at large, for there provisions are necessarily IRISH MUNICIPAL REFORM.—DINNER AT CASHEL ; SPEECHES OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND. (Abridged from the Morning Advertiser.) CASHEL, ....lIURSDAY MORNING, Half-past One o'Clock. This entertainment, given to Mr. Woulfe, the Solicitor- General for Ireland, by his constituents, has just now concluded. The speeches of Mr. Woulfe will be read with intense interest, as it will fall to his tot in the next Session of Parliament, not only to draw up the Irish Municipal Bill, but also to propose it to the House of Commons. The dinner took place in the large room at Ryall's Hotel, and almost every constituent of the borough, many magistrates, and a large number of the li beral gentry of the neighbourhood, were present. At seven o'clock the chair was taken by John Scully, Esq., of Dualla, the brother-in-law of the Irish bard, Tom Moore. After the usual loyal toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of Lord Mulgrave, and Prosperity to Ireland."--(Loud and continued cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said that they lived then under the only Government which had held the reins of power in Ireland for a long period having for its object the good of the people of this country.—(Hear,' hear.) He would propose to them " Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers." The toast was drunk by the company standing, and with loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN then said that there never was a toast that less required a preface than that which he was now about to propose. It was the health of the late representative of Cashel.—(Loud cheers.) It was impossible for him to do justice to the high merits of Mr. Woulfe ; nor was it neces. sary for him to do so.—( Hear, hear.) They all knew and estimated him ; and if they wanted any proof of his character it was to be found in the history of his votes, his sreeches, and his acts in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) He would at once propose to them " the health of the Solicitor-Gene ral."—( Loud and continued applause.) ' The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose amidst loud cheers. He said—Gentlemen, My appointment to the office of his Majesty's Solicitor-General has caused a vacancy in the re presentation of this city, and I have come to solicit your suf frages again.—( Hear.) Until the present Administration was formed, no Irish Member who was returned to the popular interest alone, would have accepted office from any Govern ment without incurring considerable hazard of weakening the tic between him and his constituents, and p ro b a bl y o f forfeit ing his seat.—( Hear.) The relation between the Govern ment and the people of this country is now more happy, and the best recommendation a candidate on the popular interest can carry round with him on his canvass is, that he possesses the confidence of the Government. The people of this coun try feel that there is involved in the stability of the present Government, and in its increased strength, everything that is most valuable in public concerns.---( Hear, hear.) They feel, in fact, that the question now is, whether the people of this country, in the spirit and according to the terms of the Act of Union, are to be accounted free citizens of this empire, entitled to equal privileges and equal rights,--rights which every man should take if he can—with all others, or whether the Act of Union is to be trampled under foot, and the people of this country, in direct contempt of the spirit and letter of the Union, and the Act of emancipation, are to be deemed aliens in blood, strangers in affection, enemies by re ligion and by race to the residue of the inhabitants of the em pire.—( Loud cheers.) Sir, I thank the Noble Lord who, in the course of last session, in the House of Lords, supplied us with a phrase which so pithily describes the views which a Tory takes of the relation between the people of Ireland and the British people—( Hear)—aliens in blood, strangers in affection, enemies to the British people.—( Hear.) The phrase is no doubt offensive and full of menace to this country —all that it wants to render it formidable is, that the power to act upon its spirit should accompany the will ; but, notwith standing, I must avow that I did not participate in the general indignation which the explosion of this sentiment produced last Session. I can see nothing in that sentiment which is not common to every Tory with Lord Lyndhurst.—(Hear, hear.) It is a confession of Tory faith, an epitome of what their po. licy has always notoriously been, and ever will be to this country.—(llear, hear.) Wuat, I ask, is the difference to us between the Tory who treats the Irish people as aliens and as enemies, and the Tory who asserts that we are so ?—( Hear, hear.) Lord Lyndhurst has a clearer head than most Tories, and seemingly much more candour. Herein consists all the difference between them that I can discover. Sir, in taking a review of the Irish questions at issue between us and the Tories, I protest that I cannot sec that there is anything exorbitant in our demands.—(Hear.) In respect to civil privileges, we ask but for the common justice of equality.—( Bear, hear.) We ask it not merely as an abstract right, but upon the faith of compacts and Acts of Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) There cannot be a more gross violation of the Act of Union than the distinction sought to be made between Ireland and Great Britain, in respect to the corporate question. I pass the invidiousness of the distinction ; but I cannot pass the palpable attempt to defraud the people of this country of their share of that influence in the imperial councils which the municipal corporatious on their present basis confer on the people of England and of Scotland.—(Hear and cheers.) It is a mistake to regard these municipal bodies as mere local Boards, whose influence is confined to the administra tion of local matters.--( Hear.) Sir, they are in my opi nion organs of a much higher order, exercising constitu tional functions which are all most vital to the State— they distinctly affect the pcwer of the popular will upon public affairs—they vary the relative authority in the state of the different orders of the community—they constitute one of the great elements of popular strength.—(Hear, hear.) No, Sir; it is because the Tories know that these bodies would render the public feeling and public opinion of the people of Ireland more felt in the general govern. ment of the empire, that they so strenuously oppose them ; and it is for this very reason that I claim them.—(Loud cheers.) The Tories, Sir, in the last Session, affected to sneer at an observation of Mr. O'Connell, to the effect that popular municipal councils would become the Normal schools of peaceful agitation.--( Hear ; hear.) If Mr. O'Connell meant, as his phrase imports, that these po pular bodies would foster a sound and independent public opinion, exempt it from irregular influences, endow it with new force by giving it legal forms of expression and constitutional organs ; then, Sir, I adopt every syllable that he uttered.—(Hear.) And if the public mind of Eng land stand in need of this discipline in habits of constitutional thinking, and if this auxiliary force be there wanting to en sure to the popular sentiment its jest weight in public affairs, it is, it must be, indispensable to Ireland.--.( Loud cries of " Hear" and cheers.) Sir, the policy of the Tories in respect to our Corporations, violates the Act of Emancipation again more flagrantly than the Act of Union. There is an express clause in. the Emancipation Act that the -Homan Qatindies should be admitted to the Corporations, any charter, c.r by law, or former statute to the contrary notwithstanding, Sir, the parties in the State are now so.placed as to require the strenuous exertions of all the well-wishers of the country and good government, and the energies of all the friends of civil and religious liberty, in aid of the presint Mtu A ititstratien. There Is Ile MP in 4isgni§ing 1 1 4 n t4ett that the 'grtes app making extraordinary efforts tq regain the possession of the power they have lost ; and it is essential that they should be net with POrrespAndin (a4ertions on our part. If these exer. tions he not used, depend upon it we must suffer defeat, If we do net manfully exert every nerve and Innsele, we ono, not obtain that victory which is now almost within our` aeasilt=st( Heart llPar)-s-and repellent that such a result of the struggle must be to this country infinitely more disastrous than to England.—( Hear, hear.) In England, Sir, the Tories are bad enough. Toryism exists there in many ob jectisstable ffsm - r . i—bot irelAnd it is finitely (ifettr. liere tis”trnes Ta 9 y wpets, tint inserts itself' intq many aces Acre it is unknown' on the other side of the wases...,4;.;d :lepend upon it that if the dominion of Toryism be re-established, We PlqPes Whctt 3 it is hPrrihiP to think of its e.kiistFncF pokes that osgbt tbe pnsomlieti enmity tribunals frop s yi l io i it ovAgilt to je ;1,0 s ) Je4 Piff:7-7(t'Pil4 Cf' " Yee, Sir, we s 4 qcog in this wiltattq in a way and in a shape thut.:audaeioug as ills—it dare nut assume in England, and therefore it is that if it behoves England to exert itself against Tory power, it behoves you more.—( Hear, and loud cheers.) Look to the acts arts itritoir.'ntS of fht! : it is c 1341 ebiii4it•icins . tittii übversiye or 0 . 9:4tp, an.l-.. atipn " The qrsttineni fall 1 ,1.011 he powers of these corporations would fall tbr the greater part THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1836 into the hands of Catholics, who would use them to the preju dice of their Protestant fellow-citizens. If, in point of fact, such would be the distribution of these powers under the Corporation Act, it could only he because, in point of princi ple, it ought.—( Hear, hear.) These powers would fall into the hands of Roman Catholics, precisely in proportion as they possessed the civil qualification to which they were attached, and in that proportion they are undoubtedly entitled to possess te em ...._( Hear, hear.) Si r , th e unequal circumstances and numbers of the religious classes into which Ireland is divided render it utterly impracticable to distribute any civil power or privilege amongst them, so as to allot an equal share to every class.—( Hear.) There is not at the present moment one of the offices, franchises, or civil functions which the constitution places in the hands of the subject, which is not enjoyed or pos sessed—and necessarily enjoyed or possessed—by one religious denomination to a greater extent than by the other.—(Hear.) Sir, in the course of the next session, we must expect a repe tition of the struggles of the last, for the accomplishment- of those questions in which Ireland has an interest. I cannot persuade myself, however, that the Corporation Reform Bill will not be carried—(hear, hear)—l can scarcely be lieve that even Tory infatuation is so great as to induce it to resist again the manifest justice of that question.—(Hear, hear.) In regard_ to the tithe questi on , th ere ex i st greater difficulties no doubt, and on that account it is our part to be more strenuous in our efforts—more fixed in our determina tion—more unremitting in • our exertions; and thus, by our union, give to the Liberal party in the State stiength and force to carry this question.—( Hear, and cheers. ) Mr. WOULFE shortly again rose and proposed the health of the Chairman, John Scully, Esq. Mr. SCULLY id returning thanks would, in conclusion, pro pose a toast which required no preface—it was " The health of Mr. O'Connell."—(Loud and long continued cheers.) JOHN GRAVE, Esq., returned thanks for Mr. O'Connell. The CHAIRMAN then said the subject of the next toast he had to propose to them was " Justice to Ireland, the only gua rantee for the continuance of the Union between England and Ireland."—( Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. DoliEßy being called an to speak to the toast, rose and said—This, Sir, is the fourth time, within the last two years, that we have met in this room to celebrate our triumphs over our opponents in Cashel. Each time our victory was more decisive and important than the preceding. With regard to our prospects, they say they arc darlsening—that there is a re -action. There is no re-action liere.—(Cheers.) There is a re-action here ; but it is a re-action the other way.—( Cheers.) You have around you, Sir, men distinguished for every virtue ; you have magistrates, and many who ought to be magistrates. You have moral intelligence, and moral worth, and the aristo cracy of virtue.—( Cheers.) You have Protestants who prefer charity to party feeling, and forget their particular sentiments in universal benevolence and mutual love.—(Cheers.) It has been asserted of us, that because we are Catholics, we would return to the places of trust no one b u t p ersons of our own creeds Our conduct in Cashel has given that assertion the fullest contradiction. The first Member we returned to Par liament was a Protestant—the second Member we returned was a Protestant ; and we return oar present representative, not because he is a Roman Catholic, but because he is eminent for integrity, learning, and honour.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Richard Lalor Shiel, Esq., M. P.—(Loud cheers.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, gentlemen, Richard Lalor Shiel, I have the honour to say, is my personal friend, and as such I take the liberty to present myself to you again for the purpose of returning you thanks on his behalf.—(Cheers.) The worth of Mr. Shiel is appreciated by every man who has the honour to know him. As to his services, you have only to review the events of the past Session, in order to bring them to your recollection. In the course of the most inte resting debates, Mr. Shiel was not surpassed by any indivi dual in his efforts to sustain the cause of civil and religious freedom, and was almost unequalled by any one in the happy resistance he gave by his arguments to those of the Tories. - Hear, hear.) He not only resisted them, Sir, but he grappled and seized them—he wrestled with them until he trampled them on the earth.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I assure you I do not exaggerate when I tell you that the most influential persons of the opposition have been kept si lent through the fear of Mr. Shiel.—( Hear.) I have seen many of them lying by till the close of a debate for an oppor tunity of speaking after him, in order to escape the cutting sarcasm and the fiery invective of which he is so able a master. —(Hear.) I have seen Lord Stanley writhe in agony under the infliction of the stripes from his arm. I have seen Sir Ro bert Peel shrink away and refrain from taking part in impor tant debates through fear of Richard Lalor Sheil.—(Hear.) Before I sit down allow me to revert to an observation which was made by my valued friend, Mr. Dohery. He stated kindly, and the sentiment was kindly received, that no pledge as to my future Parliamentary conduct should be exacted from me. Sir, I seek no exemption from pledges.—(Loud and continued cheering.) My past life,. Sir, is my pledge for the future. Upon certain professions I obtained the trust of my fellow-countrymen, and I now pledge myself to every principle I heretofore have uttered. I always laughed at the small, the petty feelings by which some persons being actuated, have shrunk with affect ation from pledges. I have trespassed on you too long.—(No, no.) But there is one point of detail with regard to Corporation Reform which is of much impor tance, and to which I wish to allude. In the House of Commons last Session an experiment was made upon the Lords and the Tories, but it failed. It was an experiment of concession on our part to an extent to which I can never ac cede again.—( Hear and loud cheers.) We did so then in the hope that we should thus obtain the assent of the Lords to such a corporate arrangement as would prove the foundation of a better system. Oa this account I did assent to certain amendments made by the House of Lords upon the Irish Mu nicipal Bill—amendments to which, I must say, under no cir cumstances, I shall consent again.—( Loud cheers.) I never shall again consent that a difference shall be made between the greater and the smaller boroughs, which will exclude towns like this, or even many much smaller than this, from the bene fit of a Corporation. I never shall again consent to such a s t ele ...4 Loud cheers.) Several other toasts were proposed, and speeches made, and the meeting separated. STANZAS ON MR. CHARLES KEMBLE'S FINAL RETIREMENT FROM TUE STAGE, DEC. 23, 1836. BY JOHN AMBROSE WILLIAMS. A vision on my spirit stole : Methought I saw before me rise Departed forms of other days ; Whose names arc written on the scroll Of fame that never dies : But there effulgently they blaze. Touch'd by the wand of memory,— In lustre now for ever fled, I view'd the stage once more appear, Bright with a glorious galaxy Of the thrice-honour'd dead-- Once foremost in the buskin'd sphere. Too distant from my straining sight, Immortal Garrick glided by, A sister Muse on either side; As Reynolds' pencil, dipt in light, Hath trac'd so glowingly The Drama's monarch and its pride I With stately look and lofty mien, Another figure pass'd along, The rightful semblance of a King__ How awful in that dagger scene, (1) Or Rome's high sons among, How like an Eagle's towering 1 Anon anpear'd the polish'd Dane I And Wolseg, like a noble pile, Smote suddenly unto the dust Penruddock, too, of morbid vein And him (2) by woman's guile Betray'd, yet still her tears could trust. (3) Then next there came with scowling brow, And features cast in sterner mould, A rival to that name rettown'd ; While Shakspeare's spirit seetn'd to bow Down from his throne of gold. And both with radiant honours crown's I Again I gued—before me stood Another form, whose dignity Was blended with the noblest grace ; Nor yet too tame, nor too subdo'd He stamp'd exquisitely Each beauty in its proper place. (4) Then with an eye whose lightnin: 4 g l ance lietalmi'd fiery energy, And soul onrapt iq St,akspere's page, Up sprang, as 4 :eon a midnight trance, A Kean I (5) t' electrify The world, and rAi:ie a drooping stage ! L A astlyt theca beanni up on my v i ew A master of more changing art I A Miriam?! A _Romeo I A Benedick !—But onward flew Old Time I—" an age apart" And can ye trace his progress?--No. drOalilod AO, moors--my waking sense liesioxed me to life's passing scene— To mingle in one fond regret, And sigh at parting excellence Which from my youth had been . . 'Mongst things I fain would not forget. Brother of Siddons l—'tis for thee The temple of the Muse is filled, (6) Far the applausive voices swell_ Here Briton's boast and beauty see, Here f r i en d s , w ith b osoms thrtiled--- Kemble respond to thy—Farewell I ( I ) Macbeth, (:) ktt.tv.fgek, 'This, and the preceding stanza, it can hardly be neces sary to state, refer to the late J. P. Kernble, (4) G. F. Cooke. (5) Mr. Young, having quitted the stage, may not impro perllt ho elcissed with its defunct ornaments. Oil (Invent Garden Theatre, the last arena of Mr. Charles komble's histrionic career, extending to a period of nearly, if not quite, half a century. THE GLASGOW DINN,A:t 7 —For some i 4 kri s , heet:l, ass.erted that 0? It?" (A. the:l44 ot, W•elliogton 4,44 LIM Lyndhurst dinpq. to Sir RAert ileel at. Glasgow. ..ot e ; liakc, 4 crou,), I,hcl hz.o teat such " e tisat aeither of th ose N o bly 'us lutve recetved case invi tations to that effect. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 23. _ Number Dividend Price of rer CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1;410 8 Del cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 142 ' 1,142 . 4/. Ashby.de-le.Zotich Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 4 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 . sh. 100 8,000 I-16sh. 91.95. Birmingham, 1.16 th share 811. & 711. 217 4,00 d Ditto :VA Liverpool Junct...l2s/ 5h..100 pd 32f 600 , Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd C 4 400 4/. Cheltner and Jllackwater 100/. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 1004 sh. 725 4,515 Croydon .- Av e rage 31/. ‘2s. 10d. sh. 3 2,060; 41. Os. Dudley lOO/. sh. 78 _ _ OW 71. Derby' lOOl. sh. 120 20,000 3,575: 3/, Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. SO 2.31 - 40/. Erewash 1001. sh. 51.0 1,`297 9. 5 1/. Forth and Clyde Average 414.11.165. sh. 610 11,500 121. Grand Junction 13 1 /. sh. 213 2, , .<49i 11. Grand Union lOU sh. 21# 1,504 Grand Surrey .. 120,0001. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 70 3,096 Grand Western tii)o 13/.125. Sd. Glarnorganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 23 q 7.19 10t. Granthain 150/. sh. 202 6,233 I/. 15s Huddersfitld Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 311 100 Kensingl mi 10;.1sh all pd. 10 25,323 11. 2s. Kennet ;id Avon, Average 391. 18s. 10d. sh. 22 2,5071 204 Leedsand Liverpool 10(1/• sh. 530 ...... ...... .545; 111. Leicester l4O/. sh. 190 1,497 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver Sl3/. 14/s. 77 2,4041 In/. Moninouthsliire lOll/.Bh. 200 50 I flt. Melton Mowbray 1001 sh. 200 500 '251. Mersey and. Irwell 100/. sh. 580 3,011 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Neath I 0%. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 10tV. sh. 581.1 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,418 126. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. IG6. Bd. eh. 16 5019 6/. per cent. nochdale Average tk.i. sh. 121 500 8/. Shropshire I'lsl. sh. 140 SOO 9/. 103. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 153 3,600/. 44 percent. Ditto Lock Fond Stock 121. 10e. sh. llt 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4Ol. sh. 730 500 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. • 213 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. Os. !..4. sh. 50 5.33 121. Swansea lOW. sh. 220 , 3,762 1/. 4L Severn and Wye ainl Railway-.Av 35/. sh. 194 2,60 4 sn. 321. 10s. Treat amt Mersey, 4 share 100/. sh. 555 8,149 1,00061)./ 151. Warwick a.lll Lirminghain , 100/. sh. 2001,000461).3 .950 1f"... Warwick and ,`.canton lOOl. sh. 21(1 6,000 4/.os. Worcest .r and Birfningliam...A v. 781. Si. sh. 82 5,000 225. Wilts an, Berlts .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 21 800 31. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 Wisbeach - 45 905 1/. Wcy awl Arun llO/. sh. 224 DOs.'KS. 2 ' 6 " } ''3 n c Commercial I,o(isisli. . 49F1,687fg. 6 per ct. East India , Stock 117 :3.138,3101/. 50s. p.ct. London Stock ' 554 Ditto' Bonds 1,330,0004 5/. per ct. West India - ... -. . . 2,20) 2/.. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5!. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1.352,752 4 por cent. St. Kathatiue Stock KZ 500,00141 per cent. Ditto Bond , lOll 200,11(10 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds um 10 years loli Shoreliani I 1,1 hour 2.500 ........ Deptford Mee 'M. sh. 3!. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 ll 5. liaminersir.l. 5Ol. sh. 20 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. f Zl. '2.s. 13d. sh. `2 1,1110 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7f, per cent. 5Ol. sli. 14 5,000 5,000 Iris. Sd. Ditto, 010 Annuities of S/. 6O/. pd IS 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/, pd 15 I'o,ooo/. 5!. per cent. Vitio Ilosith 6,000 17s Vauxhall Av , ra. , e 71 , 1. lOs so. sh li:i ' - AS , I,IIANCE COMPAIES 2,000 3/ lOs Albion 'OOl. sh. 501 pd 79 50,000 [ s :z M i l Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 10c. pd 11 I 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1011/. sh. 51. ixl 5t 24,000 f 1 per sh. AtlaS 51/. sh. 5/. pd 131 1,200 tsli. 5/. Birmingham I ire q5O/. sh. 53/. pd 1.6 20,000 41 per cent. British Fits 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12.000 6/. per cent. British Commercial ' 5 ( l/. sk. 5/. pd CI 5,000 51. percent. Clerical, 51e,1i al, &c. Life, 11:0/. sh. 12/10s pd 11i 4,000 .2/ lOs County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 20,000 . ss. Eagle . ,Ol. sh. 51. pd 6 200 [ 5 P er sent i Economic Lite lOOO/. sh. 2501. pit 373 and 301 bs. 2,271 225. per cent. European Li • 0 01. sh. all p 4 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New ... "01. eh. 2/. pd .' 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 155 20,000 3/, Guardian lOO/. sh. 27-11 pd :2 40,000 Cs. ltd. Hope SOL sh. 5/. pd 5 • 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial lire 5001 sh. 50/. pd 125 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite.. 1001. sh. 101. pd pa 13,458 12s. per sh. Indemnity AL.rine 1 1 0/. sh. 81. pa hit 2,020 3/ lOs Keel Fire 501. sh. all pd 92 Si. Ditto Life it4 10, 41 00 16s. Law Life 5.000 108. London, Firs 25/. sh. 12/. 8.,. pd 131 3,900 10s. . Lornlea, Ship 30,0,10 54 per cent. Palladium late ;I ‘..d. sh. 21. ixl 218 s lid 50,000 ...... ... Protector Fire 2 O l. s h . 2/. pd 18s 6(1 2,500 1/. Provident late lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 5/. per cent. Rock Life 201. sh. 21. pd 6 11 , 39,2201 5/. percent. Royal Exch.aige Stock.,. 2 . 2 2 0 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 5/. pd , 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingilom Life W. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 11 5,000 Aust rala. is 4Ol. sh. 401. pct 57 10,008 10 percent. Bank of Bit iningliant s il. sh. 101. pd ln 10,000 10 per cent. Bit mingham Bank ... 501. sh. 51. pd 14 30,000 4 per cent. Lon Jon and Westminster-100/ sh. 20/. p 0 20 3,000 4 per cent Lancaster 25,000 ...... ... Liverpool lOW sh. 10/. pd 22 50,000 6 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} mi. sh. i ..- 4 pd 22 Discount 29,000 7i percent Manchester.......... ," .. ......... 1110/. sh. 25/ pd 20,000 Provincial flank of Ireland... lON. Sil. 251. pd 411 20,'0) - 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. _IOW. sh. 254 pd 9 34 :9,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101, pa 20 - 6,000 10 per cent, Hampshire ._...._ ___ ___. W...sh, 5/. .4 9 - GAS LIGIIT AN!) COKE CUAIi';INIES. 2,500 1158 6,1 Bath ,...... . 0 0/. sh. la 0 21. 5,000 British 5,000 r 5/.per cent./ Ditto • Dsi,viiiclel tend Rs. 55. 9 01. sli l9 pd 23 928 5/ lOs Ultroliioar", 5Ol. sh. 103 4,250 21 OA Bristol 'A). sh. 4O 1, 50 0 Pr/ lOs n''',g htni I, . 201. sh. 1-1 750 31 les Ditto, New 9)./. sh. 181 p 0 12 2,471 5 PP.I cent. Brigatou General 9 01. sh. all pd 19 4,000 41. Continental t!aiisolidated lOOl. 621 f. pd 95 1,000 101. City of Lomloii +oo/. sh, all pd le,n 1,000 041, T)itto, New 4,000 41, les. Equitable I(I,NA 24 per cent. Imperial 504 sh. 43 WO 51. per cent. Isle ~ f Thm let 9 5/. sh 201. p,l 20 2,950 W. per cent. iridcpendeia 3O/. sh. all pa 50 9,000 3/. per cent. Phcenix VV. sh. 39/. pd 21 1,000 41. per cent. Itatellil' - 100/. sh. 80!. pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5 ,1. sh. 19/. pd 19 8,200 5/. per cent. United General . 5Ol. sh. 4/11. pd :314 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 2'!. sh. 50 400 8. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 224 12,000 34 Westmh.ster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New si /. sh, 10!. pa 10 BCO Yarmouth__ __ ,_ -- - 201. sh. 181. pd 41 WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmitigham 251. sh. 251.141 24-1. 4,413 04 East London lOO/. sh. I:',6: t . 5,500 21 lOs (*rand Junction ....Average 411 11s. 4d. sh. : j t,, 2,000 21. Kent lOO/. sh, 4i" 372 101. Liverpool Bootle - °n o/. O. 305 1,500 2/ 108 New direr London Bridge Water Annuities 5S 6,488 1/ Iss hlcoehestel and Salford lOO4 sh. 53 :400 4 per cent. &mai Lon.loat lOO4 sh. 8 8,204 3J, West Middlesex .... A ventge t;:if. 12s. 9d. sit. 7! 1.3ti8 1114 s York Bui lding Co. Lessee }prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury 2O/. sit. 1/. pd. 4 Birmingham and Derby ......... ............5! pd 71 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester,.....„ ...... pp/ pd N 7,500 ...... ... Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 04 15;4'0 ...... ... Bristol am! Exeter lna sh. spd 3 660 ..... .... Calcutta and Saugitr ~..,... 501: sh. 21. 1.1 7,200 Cheltenham and 0, Western...'.oo/. sh. 71/. 5 1 3,000 Clarence .,„., 100/. sh. 1001. pd so * 12~nOO 8,000 I)ubliss and Kilkenr• . ; 1001. sh. 21 pd 24 60,000 Ulster') Countkt% 25/. NIL 2/, pt 11 Grand Juottion 1001. sh. 504. p 1 11./7 11.1. ..... Great North of gngland 2./, pit ni 25,0811 2,000 ... ...... Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pil 100 8,000 Holland Selby 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 3 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 100/. sh. 51. pd )4 7,100 ..... .... Leeds and Selby lOO sh. 4 1,500 Leicester anti Swannington -.512. sh all pit 48 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(4Bh. 100/Aid 285 Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 61 10,000 .... ..... London and Brighton .... ..... 100/. sh. 5/ pd 74 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 1!. pd 01 16,000 Ditto ditto (Renniej..,so/. sh. 2/. pd ii B,o'o Ditto ditto (Cundy)...l6o/. sh. 2/. pd 1/ 12,000 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 0 0/. all. 20/. pd ifl 25,000 20,000 7,000 12,000 ......... London Grand Junction ............ 1. alt. 9/. pd 1. 6 10,00 e, 111.inchester South Union, 100/. sh. 21. pd. B` . North Midland.... ..... ...........)0 0 /. sh. 101 I A 14 Northe , n and U i toe; ll 1031. oh. `4. ) ,,a 31 9,600 Preston an 4 w y . / . 0 504 Ph, ni, pd 28,000 I,noo 61. per cent. titokkWA and Darlington ........ ~ ...lOW. sh. 24b 6,000 6,000 • 111 INES. 8,000 4,060 Alten m........ ..15/. sh. 121. 10 3 pd 13/ lil,ooo ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/7pw....100/. sh. all pd :.,4 Ditto I.iudo.e4ription • • , 51. pd 31 2,000 1.101 .4i0.4•.,•..5h i er . 1501. sh all pd 125 10,000 11. lOs Uraaihan ITUr,. iss. Si. pin 'l5/. sh. '2lll. pd '''2,/ 6 , 0 0 ••••,,.., 6 , l , ? ' e mb.ag x (*.ocaes United...2s/. sh. 9311. pd 8 11,1,00 ~........ IMO . ...t John Del Rey 2 1)1. oh. qt. r,,,, , 24,. iu,k.ro r.. • .olivar Copper Company , >Ol. oh. 20.:. ixl 1 i 16,600 .„,,,. : DiVo Scrip...... 104 sh. 8/. lid 1) 20,0')) • British Iron ... 504 sh, 50/ pd 41 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca (11!. )id 7 Candonga 7i/. pot '7/ Ifinr.o 11. Copiapo 2O/. 'II 1211 pil 17/ 8,500 • ...... .. Columbian, iss. 5/. pm, n ;450 :O. English ... ~,..1 2/ 1 . 1 . 5, pd 1.2 20,01)0 ......... General Minii:g .Association...tia . sh. 151. pit 9 ii,151 Mexican Comp:lily 10 , 3. sh 514/. p4l 2,1, 3,000 Polherou Consols RI/. sh Si. pd 4 11.500 Real del Monte Unregistered lB Ditto Loan iites I',o/. pd 1::5 •....... • United Mexican, iss. 2 pin ....401. sh. all pd L'A Dit 1.. Scrip ....... Ditto New Scrip 5l iki 24 West Cork 501. sh. 50/. pd 3* LITERARY I NIScITUTIONS, 1,000 ...... ... London, with Bronze Ticket ...... ...75gs. sh. all 1,51)0 1,0nd,.11 University Incl. sh. all pd t:lj , ion Russell °sgs. sh. ti King' College Loot pd :12 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000. Iss. Australian Agricultural...Joo/. si, 2f4L pd o,ooli 61.7 per cent.:British American Land Company itSik pd „.. 10,000 liCper erilt:(7,ttlada Conioany liPU. slt. `231. 1),1 , . . 2110,(MO 54 per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent W. General Steam Navigation —IN. ,h. 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 11. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. Caoutchouc Company ....... ...Q5l sh. 24/. pd New Brunswick Land Company ••....281 pd 2,751 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100!. pd .2,,t33 51. per cent. Ditto New • 100!. sh. 45/. pd 1,1100 Thames Tunnel 501. sh. all yd 10,000 Van [he ncr.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 15,000 2,00 f) 8,00. J 37 13 31, . 95 10. :ia 451 1:30 BUf 8 1:31 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, DEC. 13. 1836. BANKS. 1,500,001 i. Cl. p. et. Bank of Scotland ...... S 3/. Os. 8.1. sh. all pd .. . 41 1tx . `2,000,01. 54 p. et. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all IA 16ei . 500.0. M. IS p. et. Walsh Linen Company 100/. sh. 'n 0 2454, a,ooo,oori. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh, 10(11. pd Ikl. 5,000,0004 sp. et. National lOO4. till. 10/. pd 16 1. 2,000,0001. 3/. p. ct. Glasgow Union ,t A), sh. 50/. pd Gay , 4,000,1(01. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ~,' ...Axil. sh 30/. pd , Neb . INSURANCE C(,),httANIES. '25( .000811. 61 p. et. Scottish 1,1 , A,,,„ 204 sh. 1/,/,,,) ii s - ,500 sp. ct. 11.7c-,;,;,; 4 lOOl 811 • 104 14 i i t y,ooo 5 n. , c;, tol;titrance Co. of !;eotland ....14,0,, am, pd 71 B s. 50,000 4P. ct. North British 4.404„„ x , Lb. WI. pd 131. 3,i,„0 sp. et. Caledonian Firc...,,,,,.,•,....4,w0c.. 41 1. 101. pd 16/0s 5,60) 6p. et. Edinburgh 1 Act5.....,....,............34004, sh. 10/. pd 14/5s 100,000 . ....... West 01 SVAWK I I:— ,,,, . ........... ... 10/. pd 9/ 15s ikik4c.*:o - 4AliNo us_ &SW ......... z ... 1 r;l1, iia kilits. P . ::;.na1...50/. sh. all pd E... 2/ 4*/ - 6r" hut.. ktto ..4 0 7 .. L .d .9CI. sh. all pd. la 6-1 ~„2 1 , j o int .tock Water....‘2sl. sh. all pa / tlB/. 2.01"..- - Carron Iron Company 4 50/. Si.i. /41k41 4all. ..,11 15 per cont. :Thous Iron Fuundery W.. sl4. 3 , t1. 1 , 41 41/ 'O,OllO 3 per cent. Edinburgh & ..with Glass „ :. , ,a F., h. 16.1, pi! hi. 4,500 Roper cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 151. sh. all pd 6041, 4,41;0 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas e 5/. sh. all pd C it. 750 G per cent. Leith Coal 11as °Ol. sh. all pci 4 • .... 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith ltailway...so/.sh. 55 ,. 3.000 51 pet cent. Uqu'.tahle LOtut Cumpany 1:5/. sh. 01 ad 10 som. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 22.—A letter from Athens of the 21st November, says—" There is a fresh insurrection is Mrs sinia. For some weeks past all persons connected with the Government, or who have only declared in its favour, hove been expelled, but now hostilities are no longer doubtful, There are above 1,500 men in the field. . " The Mainottes have distinguished themselves in the same manner, and have begun by. taking prisnnen; a de tachment of Bavarians, who were surprised drinking, away from their post. They were shut up in a Pyrgo, under a strong guard, and will not be returned without a large ran- The officer is treated like the soldiers. " Here everything is in the most complete confusion. Nobody is paid, there is nothing in the public collars. The Bavarians do all they can to enrich themselves amidst the general distress, and to complete the spoliation of Greece. By way of beginning they pay none of those who have con• tracted for the. supply of their troops. " You will, therefore not be surprised to hear that all those houses are in a state of embarrassment, and that bankruptcies are inevitable. At Syra, Patras, Hydra, Napoli, and here, the greater part of the merchants are packing up.. The marine is reduced to the lowest degree of n ullity."—Courlier Francais. The Minister of War, and a great number of Generals, met this morning at the residence of the Duke of Orleans. We hear from Toulon, that several regiments, in tended, doubtless, for Africa, bad ,received 0rt1e...-s to ap proach that port. (From the French papers,) The Duke de Nemours is expected to-day at the Tuille ries. The Duke of Orleans and the Prince de Joinvilla went yesterday as far as Fontainebleau to meet the Prince, and were to sleep there last night. The number of deputies who have arrived, or are resi dent in Paris, amounts to 194. By a Royal ordinance, dated 201 h inst., a Court martial is to be assembled at Toulon, for the trial of Captain Qum nel, of the Jupiter (stationed on the coast of Africa), for disobedience to his superior officer. Extract of a letter of the 17th instant from Toulon : " The Duke de Nemours landed this morning, under a salute from all the vessels in the roadstead ; and, har ing reviewed the garrison troops, entered his carriage. The three fine Arabian horses presented to the Prince were also landed this morning, and sent off to Paris. The greater part of his Royal Highness's baggage fell into the hands of the enemy. Youssouf Bey was still more unfortu nate, for he lost everything.. Despatches have just arrived from the Government for Marshal Clausel, and the steam_ packet the Phare sailed at four o'clock for Algiers. The orders for the Marshal must be very urgent, as they have have not been suffered to wait eighteen hours for the regu. lar packet, which will sail to-morrow morning. We are not aware of the nature of this hasty communication to the Governor-General, but we fear it contains his rocal. We are stir without news from Bona or Algiers, and there are at present on the coast of Africa only the steam-vessels th e Crocodile, Styx, Brazier, and Castor, which are scarcely sufficient for the colony. We have here the 82,1;ynx, Ful ton, Ramier, Papin, Cerbere, and Vautovr, You are aware that, after having taken from the 7 ,,egion formed at ,Pau, for service in Spain, all the men. required to complete the regiments of Chasseurs in Afr'.ca, the remainder were formed into a battalion called the Tirailleurs This battalion, which is compr,sed of the elite of our regi ments, arrived to-day at a village at the distance of a league from Toulon. Some of the officers have already come into the town, and it is said that the corps will em bark on Tuesday. The whole commune of Pont St. Vincent, near Metz, was thrown into the greatest consternation by the. appear ance in the streets of an enormous boar, whic)-, had come across the Moselle. The women and d'.',tdren fled for shelter to the houses, while the boldest the men seized' their sithes, pitchforks, and other rust3' implements, and endeavoured to bar the animal's passage. The boar, how ever, was, too powerful for his assailv.its, and after overthrow ing some of them, made hi s way } ,ack to the forest unhu r t. It appears, from official o .oraments, thut the Foundling Hospital, which was estaUsllled in Paris in 1640, has, from that period to the prey At time, received 496,644 children. The greatest number, was in 1772 (when it amounted to 7,676); the smal l .est in 1795. After the Revolution the number increasrA, but has decreased since 1830. During the. year 1834 only 4,877 children were received. The roc..ts which have been-inundated by the late floods will not he re-opened for the passage of carts and carriages before.the expiration of a week or ten days, the municipality and. the directors of the bridges and roads being convinced that the above space of time is required to harden the roads, which have been completely saturated with water. The Venice Gazette states, that the Theatre de la Fenici was destroyed by fire on the 12th inst. This theatre was the largest and finest in Italy, and was the work of the Ve netian architect Antonio Silva. The flames first broke out about three o'clock, and in spite of every exertion made by the authorities and the assembled citizens, nothing now remains of this splendid monument except the exterior walls: Fortunately, in consequence of the prompt exertions of the firemen and others, the adjoining houses escaped the de vouring element. The cause of the conflagration is as yet unknown. It is said to have been decided that M. de Rudhard is to replace Count d'Armansperg as Chancellor of Greece. M. de Rudhard is considered a man of integrity and an able and. constitutional statesman. It is thought that in the :isercise of his new functions he will lean towards France and England rather than towards Russia. According to the Courrier du Commerce of Genoa, the Russian Government has renewed the interdiction issued by it several ye . ars ago, prohibiting all vessels from touching at any port on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, except the ports of Anapa and Regint Kale, where there are Boards of Health. The Constitutionnel gives the following extract of a letter from St: Petersburgh :—" The discontent of the Emperor- Nicholas towards his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, is well known. The latter will not return to Russia,,, and hi s wife has not been permitted to join him with het children. The Princess leads the life of a recluse, as no une can visit her without displeasing the Emperor. The cause of this disagreement between the brothers is the inclination of the Grand Duke for the Germans, the Emperor would fain expel all foreigners from thir posts, and replace them by Russians, who continually urge him to the conquest of the East, and to a rupture %N:ith France and England. The Emperor's health is not to transact busine,ss yet re-established, but be continues vitit his Minister Czchernichef. Count Orlof is travetrny, e These two personages arc the con fidants of th anti Czar. The Russian Ambassadors at Te heranl.he d L'onstantinople have received orders to arrang e I:del - awes between Persia aad the Porte, by threaten, lr.g the intervention of Russian troops in the event of war, thus keeping down the influence of England." The following of the Ist instant, from Cracow, is from thE . Conslitulionnel :—" The Jew merchants of this city have received an account of an insurrectionary movement at St. Petersburgh, in which the life of the Emperor was attempted ; it was, however, quelled without any serious result. Very few soldiers were concerned in it, but several. officers, mostly foreigners. The majority of the Guards and the Line were firm to their duty. In confirmation of this account it may be stated that the military cordon on the frontiers of Austria and Prussia has been tripled, so that no one can pass. A Russian oilicer of high rank has explained that this has been done to prevent the Grand Duke Michael from entering the empire, and heading the. insurgents. Our Senate will not assemble this year. Or ders have been given that greater severity shall be observed in tl,e examination of the passports of the French and Eng lish than of any other travellers, and that no Pole who took part in the affair of 1830 shall be allowed to enter Cracow without special permission." FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Dec. 22, Five per Centb., 107 f 7! - .c. 70c. tific. 70c. Three per Cents. 79f. Lic 15c. se. 791. Rank Actions. 9,350 f. Rente de Naples ' 9;11 30c. 35c. Roman Five per Cents., 10054 101, Sp:nush Actives, 2 Spanish Passives, 5%. Leigian Loan, Five per Cents, 101%. Portuguese Three per Cents, t r j. Dutch Two and a half pet Cents., 51 Excutotr.F. ON LONDON. One month, paper,2N. 40e.; money, 23/. 31!;c.'1 hree months, pOp ee , 25f . 15c..; money, ,st: c. —Coors Authenligmc. But:IISE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—There' Nvas no business done to day. The French stocks evince', a tendency to fall, anti closed 15c. lower than yesterday ‘ The depression in the Spanis'a A ct i ve was occas i o ned by th e telegraphic d es p a t c h announr,ng the retreat of Espartcro into Portugalette, and the apr:;oach of Gomez. LAST PRICES, TNer Cents., 107 f. )cc. h - cc per Cent. Rentes, 72f. 20c. .sank Actions, 2,350 f. Roman k ive per Cents., 101. Belgian Loan, 101%. Brussels Bank, 3. Portuguese Three per Cents., taki t-panisti Actives, 207 g. Spanish Passives, 5%. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents , 55.„, The Marquis of Douro left Apsley liguse yesterday morning, on a tour. The two vacant scholarships in th.e University of Durham have been adjudged to M r , S. P. Holmes and Mr. IL W. Watson. The scholr:cship vacant in the same Uni versity, open to studenvT s o f t wo filled by Mr. R years' standing, has been R. P ...aikes. The Rev. Charles Peacock has been a l ) , ( e mn i. ed to the Lowdean Professorship of Astro nomy. i'he Rev. Thomas Thorpe has been appointed ,F 07.1 Archdeacon of Bristol. The Rev. R. Chatho c h as wen installed in the cura c y o f Wickham. Mr. George Brown has been appointed by his Grace the Archbishop of York supernumerary Proctor to all his Grace's Ecclesi astical Courts. a0.01!0